Presente de subjuntivo: quiero que... anuncio subtitulado

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Have you ever imagined being a wizard, commanding your surroundings? "May the bells stop ringing! May the planets stop!". In this advert, famous Spanish actress Carmen Maura wishes that everything aligns so she can get to a department store's sales in time! In this video, you will learn a structure used to express wishes using the subjunctive, and you will understand why it appears to be incomplete at first glance. Don't forget to show this video to your friends so you can practice together by discussing it.

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que — that subordinating conjunction

A2 se — se pronoun

las — las determiner

no — nope adverb

de — de adposition

A2 rebajas — discounts noun

B1 detengan — stop verb

B1 planetas — planets noun

A2 suenen — sound verb

B2 campanas — bells noun

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Let the planets stop.

Don't let the bells ring.

Let the clocks stop.

Don't let the waves break.

Let it stop raining.

Don't call me on the phone.

Let my husband take care of everything.

Let the elevator arrive.

Sir, that taxi is mine.

May the traffic lights go green, may that green car pull away, make the Earth stop,

because I have to go to the sales.

This year, more discounts than ever in the Corte Inglés sales.

Absolutely essential.

Que se detengan los planetas.

Que no suenen las campanas.

Que se paren los relojes.

Que no rompan las olas.

Que deje de llover.

Que no me llamen por teléfono.

Que mi marido se encargue de todo.

Que llegue el ascensor.

Señor, ese taxi es mío.

Que se abran los semáforos, que se besides ese coche verde, que se pare la Tierra,

que tengo que ir a las rebajas.

Este año más descuentos que nunca en las rebajas del Corte Inglés.

Absolutamente imprescindibles.